Matt Cutts in his TedTalk suggests that it takes 30 days to develop a habit. If there is something you want to do, try it out every day for 30 days and it will become a part of your routine.

I was inspired by this Ted Talk until I came across this:

This must look like a great idea to a lot of people out there, but there is something very wrong with this. Here are 10 reasons why this 30-Day Hijab Challenge is something I wouldn’t do:

1. Wearing or not wearing a hijab is my personal choice.

Yes, it is my choice and I don’t want a website or a Facebook page to tell me when it’s the right time to start wearing a hijab.

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2. One should not wear hijab JUST because it is Ramazan.

Ramazan is the month in which many of us pretend to be good Muslims. If you can’t do it the rest of the year, don’t pretend to do it in Ramazan please.

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3. Hijab is a symbol of purity and godliness. I would be a hypocrite if I wore a hijab but didn’t keep a check on my deeds.

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4. Wearing a hijab should not only be a ‘habit’.

It shouldn’t be something you do reluctantly everyday or something you do out of habit. It should be something you enjoy doing.

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5. Anyone who decides to wear a hijab should do it for the right reasons and not only as a ‘challenge’.

It is not a challenge. It is a part of your faith.

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6. When you decide to wear a hijab, make sure you respect it.

Wearing a skintight jeans or a skimpy top with your hijab invalidates its purpose.

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7. “Invitation” to non-Muslims!? Seriously?

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8. “Boys respect girls who wear hijabs”. If this is what they tell you, ask them to teach their boys better, because respectable boys would never disrespect ANY woman, hijab or no hijab.

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9. Your deeds should represent you as a Muslim, not your head-scarf.

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10. You can very much wear the hijab and still fail to please Allah because you are not doing it right.

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11. Why are we breeding intolerance for those who do not wear the hijab with challenges like these?

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12. Religion is a personal decision not a Ramazan challenge

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13. No challenge for boys? Is religion only applicable to girls?

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14. This challenge takes away the importance of a hijab because it becomes so commercial.

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15. There are more important things to practice in Ramazan.

How about we practice honesty, modesty, tolerance and patience?

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16. I don’t remember religion being on sale – why do we try to sell it with advertisements like this?

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17. My religion is between me and my God.

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18. There is no compulsion in religion, why make it seem like it is forcing you to do something you don’t want to?

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19. Is this a fashion challenge? “You have 30 days to prove you are a good Muslim by the standards of other humans?”

Who sets the standard of a ‘good Muslim’ anyway? Can I set the standard for a ‘good Muslim’? How can we claim that wearing a hijab will make us ‘good Muslims’? What if I am an evil witch but I wear a hijab, am I still a ‘good Muslim’?

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20. If I am going to wear a Hijab it is definitely not going to be for you or anyone else.

I will wear it for me. And for my God.

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21. Hijab is not just a “uniform” for Muslim women.

Muslims exist without hijabs too!

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22. What if I want to take it off after Ramazan? I will still win the challenge, right?

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23. Will this challenge also make me a better human being?

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24. The more people I invite, the better Muslimah I am?

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25. What’s the catch? I take the challenge and share my picture in hijab on your page?

So my picture is now evidence of being a ‘good Muslim’. Now I have nothing to worry about in life. Really?!

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26. This challenge doesn’t make anyone superior than someone who doesn’t take hijab.

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27. Do we have something for other Islamic months also or do we just like milking Ramazan?

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28. Hijab is not a shortcut to redemption

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29. So does wearing a hijab only mean covering my head? Is that it all that is required?

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30. Is Hijab the verdict of my faith?

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Why don’t we take a 30-day Ramazan challenge and try to change the way people look at Muslims? Why don’t we take a 30-day Ramazan challenge and become better Muslims, better human beings? Why don’t we take a 30-day Ramazan challenge and practice tolerance? Why don’t we take a 30-day Ramazan challenge and read the Quran, not just the Arabic, but its complete translations and context?

There are many other, better challenges out there. We don’t need a 30-day Ramazan challenge to wear a hijab. Please.

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Comments

Rubya Khan said

If you don't wanna do it then don't, but don't try to demoralize those who do practice hijab. Just because it is your personal choice doesn't change the fact that hijab is just as compulsory as namaz upon women. Regarding the challenge, what's so bad about it. Lots of people start praying 5 times in Ramzan n continue the habit. Why is hijab any different?

Shaza Malik said

This challenge is optional, it's not forcing anyone to to take on the challenge. I don't wear a hijab either, I'm still Muslim, there are a few points I agree with on this post but a hijab is compulsory in Islam and the challenge is just asking us to try it out, get a feel for it, just for a month. I know a lot of women are afraid of putting on a hijab because it's something they can't take off later as it's frowned upon, this challenge negates that belief.

Aatekah Shahab said

Most of the points mentioned are the typical excuses for not wearing Hijab. This challenge is not forcing anyone to wear a hijab, the purpose what I see is to start in this blessed month and then continue it for the whole year. It is actually giving confidence to girls who want to do it but are reluctant in wearing hijab. So if someone doesn't want to wear hijab don' but please don't demoralize girls who want to. Plus the writer said we can have better challenges like reading the Quran. One can come-up with an excuse 'is reading Quran a challenge' or 'why just read Quran in this month not the whole year.'

Fatima Rashid said

Yes it's our choice and Hijab is not for showing for your faith in Ramazan. Good deeds matter, and not only in Ramazan, For a lifetime!
And i don't know why there is no suh chalenge for guys to be faithful and respect women, whether they are wearing hijab or not. Guys should also take a challenge to not to stare at Women with bad intentions or harass them!!

4 thoughts on “30 Reasons I Will Not Take the 30-Day Ramazan Hijab Challenge!”

If you don’t wanna do it then don’t, but don’t try to demoralize those who do practice hijab. Just because it is your personal choice doesn’t change the fact that hijab is just as compulsory as namaz upon women. Regarding the challenge, what’s so bad about it. Lots of people start praying 5 times in Ramzan n continue the habit. Why is hijab any different?

This challenge is optional, it’s not forcing anyone to to take on the challenge. I don’t wear a hijab either, I’m still Muslim, there are a few points I agree with on this post but a hijab is compulsory in Islam and the challenge is just asking us to try it out, get a feel for it, just for a month. I know a lot of women are afraid of putting on a hijab because it’s something they can’t take off later as it’s frowned upon, this challenge negates that belief.

Most of the points mentioned are the typical excuses for not wearing Hijab. This challenge is not forcing anyone to wear a hijab, the purpose what I see is to start in this blessed month and then continue it for the whole year. It is actually giving confidence to girls who want to do it but are reluctant in wearing hijab. So if someone doesn’t want to wear hijab don’ but please don’t demoralize girls who want to. Plus the writer said we can have better challenges like reading the Quran. One can come-up with an excuse ‘is reading Quran a challenge’ or ‘why just read Quran in this month not the whole year.’

Yes it’s our choice and Hijab is not for showing for your faith in Ramazan. Good deeds matter, and not only in Ramazan, For a lifetime!
And i don’t know why there is no suh chalenge for guys to be faithful and respect women, whether they are wearing hijab or not. Guys should also take a challenge to not to stare at Women with bad intentions or harass them!!